§ 36-9-36-5 — Estimate of costs; incidental, inspection, and engineering costs

Indiana § 36-9-36-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 9: TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
• Ch. 36: Barrett Law Funding for Counties and Municipalities

Text

(a) If an improvement is to be paid for in whole
or in part by special assessments levied against the property to be
benefited by the improvement, the works board must adopt and file an
estimate of the cost of the public improvement.
(b) The estimate may include all incidental, inspection, and
engineering costs caused by the proposed improvement. However, the
estimate of the costs to be paid by special assessment may not include
the following:
(1) Salaries and expenses of the necessary and regularly employed
personnel of the engineering department of the unit.
(2) Ordinary operating costs of the department.
(c) If the works board finds that it is necessary to employ additional
engineering services for a particular improvement, the cost of the
additional service actually performed in connection with the
improvement may be included in the estimate.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.98-1993, SEC.7.